A Pakistani drone with a payload of magnetic bombs and UBGL grenades was shot down along the international border in the Hiranagar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district early Sunday, police said.
The drone was coming from the border side and was shot down in the Talli Hariya Chak area.“On the basis of drone activity observed in the area of Talli Hariya Chak under police station Rajbagh in district Kathua, every morning search party of police was being regularly sent in the general area. Today early morning, the search party observed a drone coming from the border side and they fired at it,” additional director general of police, Mukesh Singh said.“The drone was shot down. It has a payload attachment with it,” he said, adding, “Seven magnetic bombs and seven UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher) grenades have been seized from it.”